Our Lady of the Angels Trappistine Abbey

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Our Lady of the Angels Trappistine Abbey (天使の聖母トラピスチヌ修道院, Tenshi No Seibo Torasupichinu Shūdōin) is a women's abbey of Trappists located in the outskirts of Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan.

This is the first women contemplative order of Japan, colloquially known as "The Anjel Garden"(Tenshien[1]).

Founded by a group of eight nuns sent from France[2] in 1898,[3] After that, the building was rebuilt twice due to fires, one in 1925 and the other in 1941.[3]

Rofū Miki visited this place and wrote a lyric called 'Nobara' lit. 'Wild rose', a song composed by Kōsaku Yamada, and 'Nobara' became familiar with a Japanese song.[4]

Timeline

  • 1896 – Due to the request of the first head of Catholic Diocese generator in Hakodate, an abbot of the Chinese Consolation Monastery determined to establish a monastery.
  • 1898 – The eight nuns[5] arrived at, On 30 April, Our Lady of the Angels Trappistine Abbey was established.[3]
  • 1899 – First two Japanese applicants joined in.[3]
  • 1905 – The two-story brick building was constructed that would be part of the main building's front side.[6]
  • 1907 – Great fire of Hakodate occurred. At that time, some rooms were provided by Sisters of Saint Paul in Hakodate of Chartres as a refuge for orphanages who were kept eye on by nuns.[6][3]
  • 1912 – The production of Dutch cream cheese had commenced. After a few years, started making butter.[6]
  • 1913 – Main building and Cathedral were completed.[3]
  • 1925 – First fire that occurred in October, the Cathedral, etc was destroyed by a fire.[3] After that, reestablished just in two years.[6]
  • 1927 – The main building and Cathedral were restored and designed by Max Heindel who is Swiss architect.[3]
  • 1932 – Monastery commune had been more than 100 people.[3]
  • 1941 – Second fire that occurred in May.[6][3]
  • 1948 – The 50th anniversary ceremony was held.[3]
  • 1956 – Started off manufacturing and baked sweet called 'Madarena'.[3]
  • 1959 – Set off production of butter candies.[3]
  • 1968 – Compline and Grace (prayer) were changed from Latin to Japanese.[3]
  • 1982 – Decided to establish a branch monastery in South Korea.[3]
  • 1987 – Korean monastery, "Sujeong Trappist Monastery" was established.[3]
  • 1998 – The 100th anniversary ceremony was held.[3]
  • 2004 – The cattle barn closed, so dairy farming business ended which lasted about 90 years.[3]
  • 2008 – Visitation Cathedral hosts a public 'Prayer Gathering for World Peace' event for the first time in Japan.[7]
  • 2013 – Butter candy was no longer being produced.[3]
  • 2016 – The ceramic relief was created in the formerly service entrance.[3]

References

  1. 1."Tobetsu-History-2".
  2. 2."Our Lady of the Angels Trappistine Monastery: Japan's First Women's Abbey". Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  3. 3.[3.2][3.3][3.4][3.5][3.6][3.7][3.8][3.9][3.10][3.11][3.12][3.13][3.14][3.15][3.16][3.17][3.18][3.19][3.20]"平和への思いいつまでも 終戦記念日、各地で追悼行事". Hakodateshimbun. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  4. 4.Actually, It's Rugosa rose
  5. 5.Members of an Abbey of Ubexy, France
  6. 6.[6.2][6.3][6.4][6.5]天使の聖母トラピスチヌ修道院 青菁社
  7. 7."平和への思いいつまでも 終戦記念日、各地で追悼行事". Hakodateshimbun. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2024.